Ad Summit 2016 announces new speakers and student discounts

MANILA, Philippines – The Association of Accredited Advertising Agencies of the Philippines (4As) invites members of the marketing and communications industry to Ad Summit Pilipinas 2016, which will be held from Mar 9-12 at the Subic Bay Exhibition and Convention Center.

With this year’s theme “Come Out and Play,” the country’s biggest advertising and marketing convention aims to inspire practitioners to move forward fearlessly.

“We have an amazing lineup awaiting summit participants. Expect the unexpected,” said Ad Summit 2016 Chair Alex Syfu. “With our theme, we hope that the summit allows all to view possibilities where there were none before. No obligations, just opportunities. Ad Summit Pilipinas 2016 will encourage this type of unbridled creativity to flourish.”

Speakers participating in this event will include business tycoon Manuel V. Pangilinan, award-winning director Jose Javier Reyes, AQKA Shanghai’s Eric Cruz, Opera Mediaworks’ Vikas Gulati, and leadership expert Tom Oliver.

They will be joined by first-batch speakers John Mescall, McCann’s Global Executive Creative Director, Rajan Anandan, Google South East Asia and India’s Vice President and Managing Director, Jose Miguel Sokoloff, Mullen Lowe Group’s Creative Council President, and Aliza Knox, Twitter’s Marketing Director of Online Sales for Asia Pacific and Latin America.

The summit organizers have announced a discounted student rate for those wishing to attend the event. Students can register and join for the lowered rate of P5,500 (~$114.85).*

Interested participants may contact the 4As secretariat at 813-4397 or 893-1205, send an e-mail to 4asp@pldtdsl.net, or register through the Summit’s official website, www.adsummit.ph.

For more information, visit the official Ad Summit pages on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. – Rappler.com

*(US$1 = PHP47.89)